Masjid Al-Mustarāh

This guide to Masjid Al-Mustarah in Medina centers on a single pause: the Prophet Muhammad stopping to rest among the houses of the Banu Haritha clan on the last stretch home after the battle of Uhud went badly wrong. It follows the clan named in the Quran for a moment of doubt before that battle, and a separate story of worshippers here mid-prayer when the direction of prayer changed from Jerusalem to Mecca, said to have pivoted where they stood without breaking off. The mosque here today was rebuilt with a dome and minaret under King Fahd.